2008 BUICK ENCLAVE Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE OPENING THE LIFTGATE, IT INADVERTENTLY CAME DOWN ON TOP OF THE CONTACT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

THE LIFT GATE WOULD NOT STAY OPEN. IT WOULD OPEN BUT THEN SUDDENLY JUST SLAM DOWN. THE LIFT GATE STRUTS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY. ON MANY OCCASIONS WHILE WE WERE UNLOADING GROCERIES, THE LIFT GATE CAME CRASHING DOWN ON MY FAMILIES HEADS. IT BEGAN THE SUMMER OF 2014. I ENDED UP TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY REPLACED IT, HOWEVER, I HAD TO PAY FOR IT. I JUST NOW RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON THE SAME PARTS SO I WILL BE TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER.

WE WERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE POWER STEERING WHINING AND A BACK TIRE LOCKING UP WHEN WE TURNED RIGHT. WE HAD THE WHEEL BEARINGS, POWER STEERING PUMP, STRUTS AND ROTORS REPLACED. THE MECHANIC CALLED AFTER ALL OF THIS WORK AND SAID IT WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE THE BACK TIRE KEPT LOCKING UP AND PUTTING HIM INTO A SKID WHILE HE WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS. WE THEN HAD TO HAVE A YAW SENSOR REPLACED. WE'VE ONLY HAD IT BACK FOR A DAY AND ARE HOPING THE PROBLEM IS FIXED BUT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN. THE TECHNICIAN TOLD US THAT WHEN THE ORIGINAL POWER STEERING PUMP IS REPLACED THE ABS SYSTEM CAN'T KEEP UP WHICH LOCKS YOUR TIRES WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO A FRACTURED WAVE PLATE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPAIRED AND THE FAILURE WAS REMEDIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,841.

I HAVE BEEN ALMOST SQUISHED SEVERAL TIMES BY MY DYSFUNCTIONAL LIFT GATE. IT DOES NOT STAY OPEN ON IT'S OWN ANYMORE. IT WILL COME SLAMMING DOWN WHETHER THERE IS SOMETHING IN IT'S WAY OR NOT. I FIND THIS VERY DANGEROUS AND WOULD LIKE IT FIXED ASAP. THANK YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

DRIVING AT INTERSTATE SPEEDS WITH CRUISE CONTROL ON, SET TO 80MPH. AFTER HITTING A RIDGE AT EDGE AT EDGE OF BRIDGE, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUTTERED CAUSING VEHICLE TO AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF CRUISE CONTROL AND DECELERATE QUICKLY. I WENT FROM GOING 80MPH TO 55MPH IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME. AFTER TOUCHING THE GAS TO TRY TO MAINTAIN SPEEDS, CAR SUDDENLY SHIFTS INTO A NEUTRAL POSITION PUSHING ENGINE TO RED-LINE, THEN SHIFT INTO 5TH GEAR ROUGHLY. THE VEHICLE FROM THIS POINT ON, HAD ISSUES SHIFTING INTO 3RD AND 5TH GEARS. THIS CAR HAD ABSOLUTELY NO PRIOR ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION PRIOR TO THIS DATE. I HAD THE CAR SERVICED AND COMPLETELY CHECKED OUT BY A MECHANIC FOR ANY MECHANICAL ISSUES A FEW DAYS PRIOR TO THIS TRIP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER, WHO FIXED TWO SEPARATE TRANSMISSION PLATES AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION MODULE. I WAS GUARANTEED BY THE REPAIR SHOP MANAGER THAT I WOULD HAVE NO FURTHER ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION. LITTLE DID I KNOW, I SHOULD HAVE GOTTEN THAT CONVERSATION IN WRITING. I CONTINUED TO HAVE HARD SHIFTS AFTER THE REPAIR, ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT'S THE TRANSMISSION MODULE SENSING HOW I DROVE. LESS THAN ONE WEEK LATER, TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY FAILED, LEAVING MY WIFE STRANDED ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WITH THE VEHICLE UNABLE TO NOT SHIFT OUT OF 1ST GEAR, FORCING ME TO CALL A TOW TRUCK TO BRING IT TO BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP. NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME I HAVE TO REPLACED THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION, ALL AT MY COST. AFTER PAYING FOR THE PLATES AND MODULE TO BE REPLACED LESS THAN A WEEK PRIOR, NOW THEY WANT TO AGAIN REPLACED THOSE PARTS WITH A COMPLETELY NEW TRANSMISSION. IF I WERE BEING FOLLOWED TOO CLOSELY BY ANOTHER CAR OR SEMI ON THE INTERSTATE, I WOULD HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. IF THAT WERE THE CASE- THERE WOULDN'T BE A COMPLAINT, BUT A LAWSUIT. GET THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE FIXED. I HAVE READ COUNTLESS STORIES OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM.

DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THE VEHICLE STARTS REVVING. TRANSMISSIONS SLIPS AND THEN HOES OUT. VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE

2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE TRANSMISSION REPAIRS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED GM DENIED HER REQUEST FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT. IN SPETEMBER 2014, THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED DUE TO A WAVE PLATE DEFECT. THE CONSUMER RECEIVED A LETTER FROM GM STATING THEY WOULD OFFER FULL REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLES THAT HAD THE REPAIR IF THEY WERE LESS THAN 10 YEARS OLD OR HAD LESS THAN 120,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF THE REPAIR. THE CONSUMER WAS DENIED, BECAUSE HER VEHICLE HAD A 122,000 MILES BY THE TIME SHE WAS ABLE TO AFFORD THE REPAIR. *JB

THE TRANSMISSION SUDDENLY FAILED. UPON TAKING THIS TO BOTH A GM DEALERSHIP AS WELL AS A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST IT WAS IDENTIFIED THAT AN INTERNAL CLIP FAILED RESULTING IN COMPLETE TRANSMISSION DAMAGE. IT IS MY OPINION, AS WELL AS THE OPINION OF BOTH MECHANICS, THAT THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT HAVE FAILED AT SUCH LOW MILES. THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET REGARDING THIS SAME PREMATURE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 BUICK ENCLAVE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STABILITY TRACTION CONTROL WARNING LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT EVERY TIME THE FAILURE RECURRED, THE VEHICLE WOULD DRASTICALLY DECELERATE MAKING IT EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO OPERATE. THE CONTACT HAD TO TURN THE VEHICLE OFF AND ON IN ORDER TO RESET THE COMPUTER. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART EACH TIME BUT THE FAILURE WAS GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TO BE TAKEN TO A DEALER TO INSPECT AND DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. ALSO, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V415000 (STRUCTURE) AND WAS WAITING ON THE PERMANENT REMEDY AND PART TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND COULD NOT PROVIDE AN ESTIMATED DATE FOR WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD RECEIVE THE RECALL REPAIR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.